# Can I capture .asf streaming video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 18, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691 "2002-05-18T11:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691/1 "2002-05-18T11:24:43Z")
I really should know this, since my job is in video editing etc., but I don’t. I know how to encode video for streaming media, but not how to capture it. I really want to capture the clip in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115754) thread before whoever takes it off his or her site. I know it’s a streaming video file, but it has to exist as an .avi or .mpg or whatever somewhere. I could do a view source on the site and try and find the file, then snag it. On Tuesday (Monday’s a holiday here - ha ha!) I’m going to fiddle with Adobe Premiere at work and see if I can capture it, but I’m not sure it’s possible. Any tips would be helpful. - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691/2 "2002-05-18T11:59:01Z")
I couldn’t get it to work, I got an error message that I could not connect with the server. Anyways, there are programs for copying streaming media. Go to [www.betanews.com](http://www.betanews.com) and check their archives. Search for streaming media, or something of the like. You should come up with some beta programs you can try. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691/3 "2002-05-18T12:02:21Z")
Go here [www.non-standard.net/asf/ASFRecorder.zip](http://www.non-standard.net/asf/ASFRecorder.zip) Download. Works only with Windows Media, not Real Player. Right click on the highest connection speed for the windows player, copy shortcut. Open the ASF recorder. Click File/ Open URL then paste the address in. ---
**Author:** ![frejk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@frejk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frejk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691/4 "2002-05-18T12:11:37Z")
It’s easy to save that file to your HDD Create a new textdocument somewhere on your HDD and name it whateveryouwant.html then edit it and paste this HTML code into it: \bleh\ Then open it in IE or Netscape (or whatever browser you use) and “Save link as” I hope the code turns up alright after I submit it… Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-capture-asf-streaming-video/109691/5 "2002-05-18T12:23:22Z")
Oh, and **scott evil** , I have that ASF recorder program, and it makes it _super-fast_ to download music videos, and the quality is very good, no choppy scenes and such. If you don’t have the Windows Media, I highly recommend dl it, if only to utilize this program.